Chynna Blaney, 19, of Raymond, was driving a 1999 Toyota Corolla east on Ledgehill Road and entered the intersection with North Raymond Road after failing to stop for a posted stop sign, Capt. Don Goulet of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said in a release. She was not familiar with the area.

Blaney's son, Gabriel, 6 months, who was belted in a child safety seat in the rear of the vehicle, was ejected and landed in snow. Horler found the baby after seeing something go out of the vehicle at the time of the crash, Goulet said.

"There were some people standing there that were saying, 'Oh my God. Oh my God,' and I didn't know what that meant, and I looked on the road, and right next to the car on the road was the car seat," Horler said.

Horler said she thought the baby inside the car seat was dead until she heard faint sounds from beyond a snowbank off the road.

"I heard the cry, so I ran down into the woods. Laying in the soft snow was a baby. I picked the baby up, and I ran back over the hill," Horler said.

Gabriel was found 25 feet from the scene of the crash. Horler said many miracles happened that night.

"They said that the baby would have stopped crying in a few minutes if nobody would have found it," Horler said.

Blaney and Gabriel went to Maine Medical Center in Portland with serious injuries. Horler went to Mercy Hospital in Portland for treatment of minor injuries, Goulet said.

Maine Medical Center said Blaney was treated and released.

Horler's two children were in her truck but were not injured in the crash, which was reported at 4:50 p.m.

The Sheriff's Office is doing a reconstruction of the wreck and the area will remain closed to traffic until investigators' work is completed, Goulet said.

Goulet said evidence showed the car seat was installed properly and the infant was the proper height and weight for the car seat.

Goulet said the car seat was integral into saving Gabriel's life. He said the child is still at the hospital, and his condition was improving.

Baby survives after being ejected from car while strapped into car seat